I Solomon Ward by the Grace of God being of sound mind this twentieth day of January nineteen hundred and thirteen do give & bequeath to Samuel Cox of New Bay all that I possess both of money and property The money I own is in the Bank at Twillingate Stanley Hackett & John Pedle of Leading Tickles owes me one hundred dollars ($100.00) this I give to Samuel Cox aforesaid of New Bay to collect from the aforesaid Stanley Hackett & John Pedle. My bank book is in my box at Samuel Cox's home at Jacobs Cove New Bay Head & I give him the right to take said bank book & claim my money at the bank after my death. To this my last will & testament I set my hand - Solomon his X mark Ward - Witness Peter Moors. Jacob Manuel.

Certified Correct.D. M. Browning
Registrar

(Listed in the Margin next to this will the following)
Fiat
April 28/13
C. J.
Adm. C.t.a.
May 9/13
granted
to Samuel
Cox.
Surities
David
Spencer
Samuel
Wall
Estate
sworn at
$558.00

Note: The wills in those will books are NOT actual wills. They are hand-written copies of a, "last will and testament," written by the court clerk, after the death of the testator, when the executor presented them to the court for probate. The court clerk didn't list the signatures at the bottom, he (or she) just put them in the book in whatever order they were in, on the original document, no spacing most of the time, no punctuation. The originals were kept by the executor.

We who have typed these wills, have made every effort to include all the errors that were on the microfilm, in order to avoid destroying the integrity of the originals, where ever they may be.

Page contributed by Judy Benson and Ivy F. Benoit

REVISED BY: Ivy F. Benoit July 8, 2002

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